Abstract

Abstract: Verbal aggressive behavior that often occurs in social media is usually triggered by fanaticism on certain objects. The purpose of this research is to look at the relationship of fanaticism with verbal aggressive behavior in social media conducted by fans-idol of K-pop. This research used correlational quantitative method. The subjects of this study are fans-idol of K-pop numbered 915 people. Data collected with fanaticism scale and verbal aggression in media social scale. The data retrieval is done by using google forms application which contains the research instrument, which is disseminated through the social media forum of fans-idol of K-pop. This study showed there was a positive relationship of fanaticism with verbal aggressive behavior in social media on fans-idol of K-pop (r = 0.626 and p = 0,000). Fans-idol of K-pop who have high fanaticism will have high verbal aggressive behavior, otherwise fans-idol of K-pop who have low fanaticism will have a low verbal aggressive behavior.